Jones, who went on to become the first Black Episcopal priest ordained in the United States in 1804, founded the African Episcopal Church of St. More: Does Archbishop Kurtz care about struggling Black Catholic parishes in Louisville? | Opinion
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It stretches back to 1787 when free Black men Richard Allen and Absalom Jones formed the Free African Society in response to the racial domination of fellow parishioners in their predominantly white Methodist church in Philadelphia. But on these shores, the AME Church and those that followed it cannot be overemphasized. It is a glorious tradition.Ĭontrary to popular belief reified through American miseducation in school systems and society, Black people had spiritual and religious traditions long before brutal American enslavement.
He opined, “Black pastors have always been the conscience of the nation.” If you don’t remember Jackson, remember his church for it has been in the vanguard of those standing in the gap to protect Black people from the tragic and sometimes deadly consequences of American racial hegemony for centuries. One minister responding to Gough was Bishop Reginald Jackson of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Gough, who represented William “Roddie” Bryant, complained the 60-person jury pool didn’t have enough “Bubbas or Joe six-packs” in it. Jury summons were extended to the entirety of Glynn County, which is 69% white and 27% Black and defense attorney Kevin Gough and others were adamant about disqualifying as many darker citizens as possible. The population of Brunswick is now 55% Black, but one couldn’t tell that by looking at the Arbery jury. More from Ricky Jones: Beware! 'Very fine' racists may be coming to a Louisville school board near you
It did not elect a Black mayor until current city leader Cornell Harvey in 2014. Fewer than 17,000 people call Brunswick home and whites have largely maintained socio-political dominance. Located 300 miles from Georgia’s shining star city of Atlanta, sleepy Brunswick still seems haunted by the ideological ghosts of 19th and 20th century sundown towns. Why? Probably because prosecutors were afraid highlighting it would hurt their case, given the make-up of the jury.
Interestingly, as the wheels of justice clanked into motion and then grinded to a halt in the Ahmaud Arbery trial, race was barely mentioned even though it was clearly an ever-present factor.
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